Etymology

phallobates

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Today it means: Phallic priest thought to have been a precursor of the Christian stylite. Full definition →

Latin phallobatēs ← Ancient Greek φαλλοβάτης
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφαλλοβάτης
  2. Latin · borrowed fromphallobatēs
  3. English todayphallobates

Borrowed from Latin phallobatēs, from Ancient Greek φαλλοβάτης (phallobátēs, literally “phallus-climber”). Doublet of phallobate (derived via the Latin adapted form phallobata; compare English stylobate).

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